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Jiminy Glick.


In a world where Entertainment Tonight's Jann Carl Jann Carl (born May 19, 1960) is a Los Angeles-based newsreader and, since 1995, correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. She has also appeared on Candid Camera and America's Next Top Model. She has co-hosted the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon for 18 years.  and the New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Post's Cindy Adams Cindy Adams (b. April 24 1925, New York City) is an American gossip columnist and the widow of comedian Joey Adams.

Born as Cynthia Heller and raised by a single mother, Cindy Adams writes a gossip column for the New York Post and contributes to WNBC's
 have steady gigs, it's difficult to satirize sat·i·rize  
tr.v. sat·i·rized, sat·i·riz·ing, sat·i·riz·es
To ridicule or attack by means of satire.


satirize or -rise
Verb

[-rizing,
 entertainment journalism. But not impossible: Martin Short's hilarious and bizarrely fey Jiminy Glick character has been mangling The term mangling may refer to:
  • name mangling in computer software
  • using a mangle as a laundry device
 celebrity interviews on Comedy Central's Primetime Glick and now finally makes the leap to the big screen in the brilliant new movie Jiminy Glick in Lalawood. The film plops the delightfully incompetent character, the "celebrity interviewer to the stars," into the Toronto film festival, where he suddenly finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a fading actress.

No stranger to celebrity interviews ourselves, we called up Glick for some insider dirt.

What have Hollywood's leading men taught you, personally, about machismo machismo

Exaggerated pride in masculinity, perceived as power, often coupled with a minimal sense of responsibility and disregard of consequences. In machismo there is supreme valuation of characteristics culturally associated with the masculine and a denigration of
?

Paul Lynde taught me that when you smile and a hunk of makeup falls off ... you just keep talking and grab it with one hand and shove it under a couch. No one will know. But Paul had wisdom about so many things. He was the one who told me that once the Rio Grande entered Mexico, it was called "washing machine.

I was also personal assistant to Gary Busey for two very trying months. I won't go into details, but trust me, after what I saw him do in Amsterdam I'll never eat a Bundt cake again.

Of the many same-sex couples in the public eye, which one do you think will be the longest-lasting?

Dick and Lynne Cheney.

Do you think it's true that audiences won't accept an openly gay actor in a romantic role?

Of course they will. As long as they don't have to act manly and pretend not to be afraid of insects.

What kind of research do you do before an interview?

None. I feel that research is for wimps, like Charlie Rose and Tim Russert. However, before each interview, I like to sponge-bathe with kabbalah kabbalah or cabala (both: kăb`ələ) [Heb.,=reception], esoteric system of interpretation of the Scriptures based upon a tradition claimed to have been handed down orally from Abraham.  water, but only in the areas that need it.

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood made us wonder: We know you have a lovely wife and twin boys, Matthew and Modine, but really--what's up with having "it's Raining Men" as your ring tone?

I'm a sucker for an affordable African-American rhythm with attitude.
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Author:Duralde, Alonso
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Date:Jun 7, 2005
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